The Spirit of truth : reading Scripture and constructing theology with the Holy Spirit

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"Among the theological loci pneumatology is one of the most stimulating, exciting, and difficult topics to study; it is also one of the most rewarding. The identity and mission of the Holy Spirit is pervasive throughout Scripture and the Great Tradition, and within contemporary Christianity it is one of the most popular topics currently being explored. Here ten scholars present twelve essays spanning biblical, hermeneutical, theological, and practical disciplines. The result is not an evangelical pneumatology in systematic fashion, nor is it a comprehensive theology of the Holy Spirit. Rather, this volume presents explorations in pneumatology from a variety of evangelical scholars working in varying contexts (mostly the South Pacific basin) but each wrestling equally with what the Spirit of Truth is saying to the churches today. This is a work of outstanding scholarship with essays by Canadian theologian Gary Badcock and a cast of established and emerging Kiwi-or New Zealand-theologians, which gives the work a unique contextual flavor alongside its ecumenical and evangelical commitment."--Back cover  Read more... Holy Spirit and the presence of God Spirit, geist, and the knowledge of God / Gary Badcock Pneumatology for an everyday theology: whither the anonymous Spirit in Luke 10:1-12? / Steve Taylor -- Spirit, interpretation and scripture: exegetical thoughts on 2 Peter 1:19-21 / Tim Meadowcroft -- James and the Spirit: wisdom and hermeneutics / Martin Sutherland -- Reading scripture and doing theology with the Holy Spirit / Myk Habets -- Eastern promises: remedying the pneumatological deficits of western theology / Hugh Bowran -- Theosis, yes deification, no / Myk Habets -- Teleology as the key to pneumatological anthropology / Stuart Print -- "When groans and mumblings are not enough": investigating being "slain in the Spirit" in Acts / Darren Ayling -- Taking the Spirit to work / Peter McGhee -- Spirit and particularity / Judith Brown.